$775,000 24 Silver Spring Road, Wilton for sale in Wilton, Connecticut

The moment you turn in the drive, pass the paddock and park by the picket fence & gardens, youll know youve finally found your dream home. Rustic, warm & inviting, this quintessential country colonial oozes charm. . . plus its located on land that once was part of the renowned horse breeding & racing property of the Firestone family a beautiful property along the Wilton border with Lewisboro, NY. Its less than 4 miles south of the prestigious Silver Spring Country Club, and minutes from the town centers of both Wilton and Ridgefield. Here you can walk or jog to Browns Reservoir across the border in Westchester. . . or stroll along Silver Spring past the cosmopolitan Roxy Paine sculpture on the private grounds of a neighboring estate. . . or perhaps visit or ride at the 151 acre, 30 horse Larkspur Farm with its boarding facilities and training programs. Designed with foresight & careful attention to detail, this home was built to a quality standard you simply wont find elsewhere. The house is oriented for optimal southern exposure and youll revel in the sunlight that pours in through abundant large windows. The suns rays bounce off beautiful hardwood floors creating a warm, inviting glow that welcomes you. The earth tones of the dcor create a soothing, relaxing ambiance. Both inside and out youll find great rooms for entertaining as well as cozy spaces for quiet enjoyment. Friends and family will love the large country kitchen and adjoining family room with its vaulted ceiling, floor-to-ceiling brick fireplace and multiple sets of sliders to the great outdoors. . .theyll delight in the expanses of deck off the kitchen & family room, plus a large screened porch, and in the views theyll have of the homes sprawling & wooded grounds. Theres tremendous versatility in the layout. The homes big country kitchen offers multiple seating areas. So, you may choose to re-purpose the formal dining room, so rarely used these days, to a music room, a wonderful study, or a large sitting room where you can curl up with a good book under those southern exposure windows or take in a program on the tv. The lower level offers a whole other fabulous and flexible living space with a built-in bar, a half bath, sliding doors out to the patio, perfect space for a large media room plus a games area for ping pong or a pool table, and have another space for an expansive childrens playroom this is entertainment central! . . . You define the use of this great space, and dont worry about storage, theres plenty of room for that too both in the lower level and in the 3-car garage. You cant help but notice how open the garage is there are no posts because it was designed instead with steel reinforcing beams across the ceiling! The five comfortable bedrooms, including a roomy first floor master suite with its private deck, en suite bathroom and deep walk-in closet, complete the picture. If youd prefer to have a master on the second floor theres easy expansion potential to accommodate that desire by opening and finishing the room above the garage which was designed with that potential future use in mind. Perfect! Youll find all this and more, including cable wiring in every room, a fenced vegetable & herb garden, two small horse condos, and room for a tennis court or perhaps a pool. Look no further. Youre home!Listing originally posted at http